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About a week ago, I had this odd desire to read a bunch of books I read as a grade schooler. I have this little list in my head that has never gone away of books that I read over and over again. I don’t even know why I liked these books so much. I think I want to read them again to figure out WHY. Why was I so taken with these books? What grabbed me as a young child? Why is the list still in my head after all these years anyway? Shouldn’t I have moved on and forgotten them? Is something unresolv … …

Women sometimes feel like they have to give up all their personal dreams just because they have kids. But the reality is that the giving up of dreams can be seasonal, not necessarily permanent. I know no mothers who have permanently given up a genunine dream who aren’t angry about it. If you see the relinquishment as seasonal though, it helps tremendously during particularly engulfing seasons of parenthood. …

Baseball and softball season is in full swing now – both of our kids play. C’s first game is tomorrow evening. I bought her a helmet and pants the other day. She’s never had her own batting helmet before and is waaay excited about it. 🙂 Being the second child, she really hasn’t had a lot of new sports gear. She gets all her brother’s hand-me-downs, so it’s nice when she gets something of her own now and then. For the most part, she doesn’t mind the used gear though. She does have a nice new bat … …

I have just finished the daunting task of cleaning off my desk. This has been ignored ever since I started writing my novel. Actually most house-related things have been ignored. 🙂 This is why it’s taking me so long to get through my organizing. Accumulated disorganization isn’t good. I don’t recommend it. …

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